title: Magnetic resonance imaging in the malformative syndromes with mental retardation.
abstract: We reported on thirteen children affected with malformative syndromes associated with mental retardation. MRI examination showed in all of them different types of anomalies; agenesis of corpus callosum, ventricular dilatation and cerebral matter alterations were the most frequent findings. The authors give a brief description of the clinical reports and of the anomalies observed with MRI; they conclude that MRI seems to be a valuable tool especially for the study of the alterations of the cerebral matter and their correlation with mental retardation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Ancona, Italy.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Gabrielli
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Salvolini
authors.forename: G V
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Coppa
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Catassi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rossi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Manca
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lanza
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Giorgi
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000473:pathology; D000168:Acrocephalosyndactylia / Q000473:pathology; D000293:Adolescent; D061085:Agenesis of Corpus Callosum; D001139:Arnold-Chiari Malformation / Q000473:pathology; D001921:Brain / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003337:Corpus Callosum / Q000473:pathology; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic; D063647:Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders / Q000473:pathology; D005877:Gigantism / Q000473:pathology; D015417:Hereditary Sensory and Motor Neuropathy / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009634:Noonan Syndrome / Q000473:pathology; D009800:Oculocerebrorenal Syndrome / Q000473:pathology; D013577:Syndrome